All posts filed under: Realistic Fiction

The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee

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The Downstairs Girl explores the social mores and prejudices of late-19th-century Atlanta through the eyes of a resourceful and gifted Chinese teen.

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The “insignificant events” befalling a girl without arms throw the rough transitions of middle school into sharp, yet humorous, relief.

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The “momentous event” of transitioning to high school presents Aven Green, the armless girl-wonder, with new challenges.

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In White Bird, a graphic novel, the best-selling author of Wonder traces the holocaust history of a Wonder character’s grandmother.

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Words on Fire explores a little-known chapter of European history to make a case for the necessity of words, literature, and language to a culture.

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Beverly Tapinski, the sharp-edged friend of Raymie Nightingale, overcomes a rough upbringing in the final volume of DiCamillo’s series.

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A displaced Muslim girl adjusts to America as a second, “Other Home” in this well-written verse novel.

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The Fenway and Hattie series pits an excitable Jack Russell terrier against delivery men and treacherous flooring.